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Some might wonder why I care so much about abortion. It's not abortion I care about, it's the status of women in society. It infuriates me that conservatives, especially the Catholic church, work overtime to keep women in a subservient position in life. Banning abortion and contraception (and divorce) all work towards keeping women economically and physically dependent - we must be allowed to make that most basic personal decision of whether or when we have children.
One more article from America magazine on the elections and abortion ... ‘Lives are at stake’: Catholic leaders react to abortion rights victories in midterm elections. I have a few excepts and comments.
After the passage of California’s Proposition 1, the California Catholic Conference issued a statement calling the decision “devastating for women, children and families.”
How so?
“We must continue to insist on legal protection for unborn human life”
Why is this such a priority above all else when there's nothing about it in the bible?
Votes are still being counted, but a ballot measure in Montana, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, is also expected to fail.
That's right, and do you know why? Because it is completely unnecessary. News flash - infanticide is already illegal. This kind of law is how conservatives perpetuate the idea that liberals are Satan-worshipping lizard people who drink the blood of children. (read more: Montana’s LR-131 on the verge of failure ).
“Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake,” wrote Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron in a letter to Catholics ....“We awake today to the news that Proposal 3 has passed, altering our state constitution to allow for unregulated and unsafe abortion on demand in Michigan,” he wrote, saying that people of faith are “deeply saddened by this grave assault on the dignity and sanctity of unborn, innocent human life.”
Why unsafe? Abortion is actually safer for women than giving birth. "On demand" ... that's what really bigs conservatives, the idea that a woman can decide for herself what happens in her own pregnancy. And about those "deeply saddened" people of faith - a majority of Catholics are actually pro-choice.
One more article from America magazine on the elections and abortion ... ‘Lives are at stake’: Catholic leaders react to abortion rights victories in midterm elections. I have a few excepts and comments.
After the passage of California’s Proposition 1, the California Catholic Conference issued a statement calling the decision “devastating for women, children and families.”
How so?
“We must continue to insist on legal protection for unborn human life”
Why is this such a priority above all else when there's nothing about it in the bible?
Votes are still being counted, but a ballot measure in Montana, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, is also expected to fail.
That's right, and do you know why? Because it is completely unnecessary. News flash - infanticide is already illegal. This kind of law is how conservatives perpetuate the idea that liberals are Satan-worshipping lizard people who drink the blood of children. (read more: Montana’s LR-131 on the verge of failure ).
“Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake,” wrote Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron in a letter to Catholics ....“We awake today to the news that Proposal 3 has passed, altering our state constitution to allow for unregulated and unsafe abortion on demand in Michigan,” he wrote, saying that people of faith are “deeply saddened by this grave assault on the dignity and sanctity of unborn, innocent human life.”
Why unsafe? Abortion is actually safer for women than giving birth. "On demand" ... that's what really bigs conservatives, the idea that a woman can decide for herself what happens in her own pregnancy. And about those "deeply saddened" people of faith - a majority of Catholics are actually pro-choice.
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